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Grain Marketing How-To

Explore grain marketing and risk management strategies to help your farm weather crop price volatility in 2021.

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2021 Crop and Livestock Budgets

Managing costs and income are essential to keep Missouri farms profitable. Enterprise budgets can help your farm make more informed decisions.

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Short-Term Operating Plan

Prepare your farm or ranch to continue operating in the situation that a primary decision maker is temporarily unavailable.

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Custom Rates

Obtain a better understanding of the cost of producing crops or performing individual field activities by accessing the 2019 Custom Rates Guide.

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The Agricultural Business and Policy Extension program serves rural Missouri by helping farms, agribusinesses and communities understand their opportunities and challenges and to make informed decisions. The team is primarily focused on:

  • Helping farmers and agribusinesses with decision-making, financial management, taxes and risk mitigation;
  • Studying relevant industry and value-added agricultural issues;
  • Sharing how market fundamentals and trade policy may impact agricultural outlook;
  • Assessing diversification and new business opportunities for farms, businesses and commodity groups.

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Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) Insurance in Missouri

Publication date: June 1, 2021

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Animal Feeding Operations and Housing Values: Summary of Literature

Publication date: May 1, 2021

The presence or proposed development of an animal feeding operation (AFO) often raises the question of its impact on nearby house values. Determining that impact requires the merging of conventional housing appraisal techniques with advanced ...

Adding Value in Agriculture, Food and Forestry

Publication date: May 1, 2021

Farm businesses can increase income by undertaking a new management, marketing or production practice to increase revenue, lower costs or both. The following practices all have potential to boost farm income.Building on-farm grain storage bins to ...

Starting and Operating a Farmers Market: Frequently Asked Questions

Publication date: May 20, 2021

Farmers markets are popular in Missouri and across the nation. In Missouri, over 200 farmers markets are currently in operation. In the United States, there are an estimated 8,600 markets in operation, up from just under 2,000 in 1994.This guide is a ...

Missouri’s Fencing and Boundary Laws: Frequently Asked Questions

Publication date: April 1, 2021

Missouri has two fence laws: the general fence law (updated Aug. 28, 2001) and the local option fence law. In addition, Missouri law addresses special situations of property bordering a road, a railroad or a body of water. Landowners need to be aware ...

Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Publication date: April 1, 2021

The Fourth National Climate Assessment report, released in 2018, uses the highest estimates of greenhouse gas emissions (called RCP 8.5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to forecast substantial economic losses in the U.S. The section ...

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